The Albanian government is planning to create a “sovereign state” for the Bektashi, a Sufi Muslim order, modeled after the Vatican, occupying several hectares in the capital city of Tirana.

Proposal for 'Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order', a Vatican-style enclave, has sparked confusion, praise and heated ...

The Vatican must reveal what it "knew and when it knew it" In a report published July 17, several women accused Abbé Pierre, the founder of Emmaus International and a beloved religious ...

Our selection of Balkan Insight Premium stories this week includes a proposed ‘Vatican-style’ micro-state for the Bektashi ...

TIRANA, Albania: Albania's Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, would be granted sovereignty from the ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama wants to establish a sovereign Muslim mini-state within his country based on the model of ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced on Sunday during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly's Summit of the ...

Behind Edi Rama’s announcement of a Vatican-type ‘microstate’ for the Bektashi movement in Tirana, some critics of his rule ...

Albania plans to create its own Vatican. This one, however, will be Muslim. The New York Times reported that Albanian Prime ...

District 2, perhaps the most geographically diverse district, stretches from Capitola coastward to Pajaro Dunes, capturing ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced plans to create a Muslim state in Tirana modeled after the Vatican. According to ...

Prime Minister Rama announced plans to establish a Muslim state modeled after the Vatican in the capital city of Tirana, ...